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Byzantine Wedding Primer
Some of those attending our wedding (or watching it on Facebook) may not be familiar with the Byzantine Catholic Church. The video below (and transcript which follows) provides a short explanation of what will happen during our wedding so that our guests may better understand the ceremony. We pray that we will all grow closer to each other and to the Lord through this celebration of our marriage.…
Byzantine Days
In the Eastern Churches, each day of the week is associated with a particular person or event:
Friday Frivolity: Byzantine Beards
Why the Byzantine Liturgy is great For kids…
This past week, a friend of mine visited my Byzantine Catholic parish. Afterwards, she admitted that she had been rather apprehensive about how her small child was going to react to the whole experience. After all, she knew that the Byzantine Liturgy was typically ninety minutes long, rather than the forty-five minute Mass which her son had previously been used to experiencing.
Even though I have no children of my own, I offered the somewhat counter-intuitive claim that the Byzantine Liturgy is in some ways better suited to children than a Novus Ordo or Tridentine Mass. A bold claim, I know, but I stand by it! So, here are my top ten reasons why I think the Byzantine Liturgy is great if you have small children…
Read moreThe Byzantine Seminary
Last week I saw that the Byzantine Seminary in Pittsburgh has put together a promotional video. I visited the Seminary for a “Come and See” weekend a couple of years ago and it was a lot of fun, the principal topics of conversation being the Early Church Fathers and The Lord of the Rings…
Byzantine Fly-By
BigFly filmmakers take you on a tour of Saint Louis Church in Paimboeuf, France — a historic 19th-century reconstruction of a Byzantine-era church.